Pictures of our house

Tada! Only 2 months late right? Here are some before/after pictures.
When we first saw the house it was pretty filthy. It was cleaned before we bought it, but we still had to paint every ceiling, wall, and closet. You can't see in the before pictures how bad the walls used to look. Oh, also, we kept a couch and chair that was left here (after I thoroughly steam-cleaned them).

Living Room before

afterfamily room beforeafter (still working on the clutter) another view girls' bathroom before

afterdining room beforeAfter. Check out above the window. Another view. Our front door is that sliding door (yes, it's weird)view from our 3rd bedroom. You can barely see the ocean.and the rest of these are before pictures.

Master bath Girls' room before Master bedroom before

Kitchen.

Internet is back!

Wahoo! My dear husband spent all day Saturday to rebuild by computer so now it works and I can get on the internet again! Wow, I hadn't realized how paralyzing it feels without a working computer. Thanks sweetheart!
He is off on a business trip for a week so you can guess what things are like at our house. A little more messier than usual, lazy dinners (thank goodness for frozen food and microwaves right?), more Disney movies than normal, and kids who feel like they're not having any fun "ever," no matter how fun I try to make things for them.
Random stuff about the girls:

Lexi has turned into this little angel lately. She's so sweet and says things like, "Mom, thank you for making dinner it is my favorite favorite!" "Mom can I please ____?" Everything is her favorite too. Whether it's a first time thing or not she'll say, "Oh yes! This is my favorite thing ever ever!"
She wants to help get her sister to bed and will beg to help. So she'll "read" her a few books, help her say a prayer, tuck her in, give her a kiss and say "love you" while I watch from the doorway wondering who this child is and how she could be so cute!
Lexi's also been into surprising us. She'll say, "don't come in my room I'm going to surrpise you with my jammies on." or "Mom! Come find me! I'm hiding in the family room!"

Kaytlin finds joy in everything. She'll run from one room to another giggling, and so happy just to be able to run and hop. She has a sweet tender side too. At church, at home, or whenever you get her on your lap she'll stroke our cheeks and kiss us. She loves to touch our cheeks and say "love you." I'll have to try and catch a picture of it sometime. Kaytlin has decided to test out being a 2 year old sometimes. She'll throw a tantrum every now and then and I just think, here it comes. Most of the time it's pretty funny.

I'll try and get pictures of our new house up soon. Hope you all have a great Valentine's Day!